Turpin and the Daughters of the North
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I'm just kicking off my latest illustrated playthrough of Icewind Dale. This time a well balanced, mostly average sort of team. The full write up is now available at davesgaming.blog.
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Another big chunk of IWD was wrapped up this time. From the return from Dragon’s Eye through Severed Hand to Upper Dorn’s Deep we got a lot done. That includes content from all the Lava mods I have installed. I finished up with the team being transported off to Lonelywood.
This is obviously the period where the team grows into a serious force to reckoned with. With levels now ranging from 10th to 12th I would say they have just entered the lower end of “high level.” At least that’s how Dave, the old PnP guy, always looks at it.
There has been some significant changes in the team stats too. Significantly, Gretchen (the archer) is clearly the most effective member now. I can see several reasons, first is the nature of the opposition. We see far more “solid” sorts of foes who don’t take as much reduced damage from missile fire. Second, she has enough magic ammunition to harm even the toughest of our foes. And finally, is just the way her skills ramp up. A Ranger/Archer with Grand Mastery in her bow is a fearsome thing.
Grace remains the toughest for melee, in spite of not having a crushing weapon and no native strength bonus. But she does have Grand Mastery in Long Sword and two nice swords. She also uses a lot of Strength boosting potions.
Leezel is the best tank, its often amusing with a good tank on point (best AC, best hit points, most resistances) to see them draw the most fire and take the least damage. And she dishes out plenty hard against undead.
Turpin is solid as the second rank fighter and healer.
Hildy has become a very dangerous caster. I’m a big fan of unloading fireballs, but of course Hildy uses a variety of crowd control and damage dealing magic also.
Henri remains a support character, she does the least damage. But it is still satisfying to see her unload when she has to. This party has no weak link.
Henri is not a melee specialist, but she can and will protect her friends.
Grace is still the most dangerous melee warrior. She recently gained magical plate armor, improved her AC by four places!
As the only mage on the team Hildy can keep all the spells she finds for herself. For a lady with a thirst for knowledge this is ideal!
Leezel is an excellent spokesperson. But after finding the refugee slaves, there wasn’t going to be any negotiating with the Frost Salamander in charge.
Turpin often calls upon Tyr to strengthen himself and his whole team for combat.
Stepping onto the Wyrm’s Tooth glacier we were attacked by dozens of trolls. Gretchen had a good supply of fire arrows!
“Ugh, this was a lot easier 20 years ago… well, except for the one thing…“
As before, the whole update is available at DavesGaming with videos! In color!
Completed both expansions in the last couple days. At this point the team is seriously deadly.
The Update is now up, including a short video.